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News

  • Christmas Cheer for Marine Renewables

    01 Dec 2003

    Christmas came early for everyone involved in the fast developing marine offshore renewable energy industry with the British Government's 1 December announcement that it would increase the Renewables Obligation scheme from 10% by 2010 to15% by 2015. The 50% boost in the Renewables Obligation follows extensive lobbying from the wind industry on the need for action to ensure greater investor confidence in the renewables sector. 

  • UK Call for Early Boxport Decisions

    01 Dec 2003

    The UK House of Commons' Transport Select Committee has published its long awaited report on the nation's ports industry. The report has recognised the need for additional container port capacity, stating that 'Suitable berths are essential if the United Kingdom is to retain direct shipping services rather than being served by transhipment from Continental ports.' 

  • Lloyds Beal Acquires Enviroquip

    01 Dec 2003

    Lloyds Beal , the once traditional anchors and chains group which now hires and tests all forms of lifting gear, is moving into the environmental services market with the acquisition of Enviroquip Ltd . The business also provides independent recycling and waste management consultancy services, including a recycling network to partner recoverable waste producing businesses with potential re-users. 

  • New Acquisition

    01 Dec 2003

    As of last month, equity investor EquiVest , represented by Munich based CBR Management GmbH , has acquired from EMG EuroMarine Electronics , a Hamburg based Rheinmetall Group company, the business operations of STN Atlas Marine Electronics GmbH ofHamburg. The new company will operate under the name of SAMElectronics GmbH . 

  • Cheetah Goes Surfing at Bude

    01 Dec 2003

    Isle of Wight based Cheetah Marine have delivered a 6.2m Cheetah catamaran to a commercial fisherman in Bude, Cornwall who will use it for potting and netting off the North Cornish coast. With a shallow sand bar guarding the entrance to Bude harbour and heavy Atlantic surf often rolling in, the Cheetah was chosen for its shallow draft, stability and sea keeping qualities. 

  • ABB/A&P Repair Alliance

    01 Dec 2003

    Marine turbocharging and servicing company ABB has entered into a non-exclusive alliance with A&P Southampton to provide enhanced ship repair and support services for vessels calling at the port. 

  • Fugro Acquires Thales Geosolutions

    01 Dec 2003

    Thales and Fugro have finalised an agreement under which Fugro has acquired Thales Geosolutions for 147.5 million in cash. UK headquartered Thales Geosolutions , which has some 2,000 employees worldwide and forecasts revenues for this year above ? 200 million, is expected to complement Fugro insupplying the survey, positioning and construction support markets. 

  • European Commission Publishes Ships Blacklist

    01 Dec 2003

    One year on from the Prestige disaster which devastated the coast of Spain, the European Commission has published the first list of ships which have been definitively banned from EU ports. 

  • Stiff Stuff for Shaking Sheerlegs

    01 Dec 2003

    Netherlands based engineering company Techno Fysica BV specialises in solving problems related to the dynamic loading of machinery and installations using several measuring and analysis techniques. In a recent case demonstrating how a combination of good components can go wrong when insufficient attention is paid to the integration aspects of the final installation, Techno Fysica was called upon to address vibration problems on board a floating sheerlegs. 

  • Oil Pollution Conference Date

    01 Dec 2003

    With the continuing impact of the Erika and Prestige sinkings still resonating through the European maritime community and beyond, the announcement of the 17th Annual Oil Pollution Conference could not be more timely. The event will be held in London on 15 and 16 March 2004, followed by a practical workshop on Control of Oil Spill Response on 17 March. 

  • VOSTA LMG Launch Vietnam Dredger

    01 Dec 2003

    A 1,500m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger ordered from VOSTA LMG andbeing built at Damen Shipyards Cargo Vessels in Hoogezand, Holland for Vietnams's Waterway Dredging and Construction Co No1 waslaunched last month. 

  • 'Tricolor' Salvage Suspended

    01 Dec 2003

    Salvage operations in the English Channel to remove the sunken car carrier Tricolor and its cargo have been suspended due to hostile weather conditions. Based on weather statistics from the past, it could be April or May 2004 before work can resume. 

  • Euronav Launch Budget AIS

    01 Dec 2003

    The collision avoidance benefits of AIS will become more financially accessible to the operators of smaller commercial and leisure vessels when Euronav launches its low-cost Ai3000 AIS receiver at the 2004 London International Boat Show . The £799 (Inc VAT) NMEA compatible receiver can be linked to current PC chart plotter systems to graphically display the location and received information of any AIS equipped vessel within VHF range. 

  • Rubber Prop Shaft Bearings for Nuclear Ice Breaker

    01 Dec 2003

    Murmansk Shipping Company operates the world's largest nuclear powered river ice breaker. The 1987 built Taymir generates 45,000kW of propulsive power which drives through three water lubricated closed propeller shaft installations. Each shaft has a diameter of 950mm and weighs up to 62 tonnes. The propeller and its hub weigh 50 tonnes. 

  • Hi-Tec Acquires Bollom

    01 Dec 2003

    Maidstone UK based Hi-Tec Spray Ltd has grown as a UK force in surface coating technology for the marine industry following its acquisition of Bollom Finishing Equipment . The newly expanded company now has a team of 40 service engineers based at branches in Manchester, Coventry, Bristol, Southampton, Stowmarket, Maidstone and south east London. 

  • Remote Upgrade to 1000 Ships

    01 Dec 2003

    ChartCo has achieved a major technical milestone by broadcasting its upgraded user software, oceanMaster , direct to over 1,000 ships at sea. This software upgrade, including integration with existing on board database records, was conducted remotely with no need for on board engineering attendance using ChartCo's L-band satellite communications broadcast system. ChartCo's data services include navigation, weather and news. 

  • First ISSC Certificate for Boxship

    01 Dec 2003

    Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC) have had the first Ship Security Plan onboard a container vessel to be verified by the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency . The ISPS compliant security plan was written by London based MUSC to be used on board Zodiac 's commercial cargo carrier CMACGM Normandie . The plans which have been in place on the vessel for the mandatory two months were given a successful MCA audit in Southampton last month. The ship will now be awarded the International Ship Security Certificate . This is the first ISSC certificate to be awarded to a container vessel. MUSC have been working throughout the world on hundreds of similar vessels to meet the deadline before implementation of the ISPS code in July 2004. 

  • Fast Cat Travel to Boat Show

    01 Dec 2003

    Visitors to the 2004 London Boat Show , taking place next month at the ExCel Exhibition Centre in the Docklands, will be able to travel towards the show from central London along the River Thames on a high speed catamaran. 

  • Submarine Sandwich Course for Portsmouth Apprentices

    01 Dec 2003

    A group of apprentices from Portsmouth based shiprepair specialist Fleet Support Limited (FSL) has played a key role in restoring a World War II midget submarine on display at the HMS Dolphin museum in Gosport. 

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